reception room

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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

One of the screens can "within an hour" be turned into a reception room able to host up to 200 people.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Hours after Dominguez was arraigned, hundreds of relatives and friends of Najm gathered in a reception room on the UC Davis campus to celebrate his life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

Francis frequently meets with high-profile figures in strictly private audiences that are held in a reception room of the Vatican hotel where he lives.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

The reception room is full of artwork, but it isn't as crisp and clean.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman